Tuesday, March 21, 2017

LITERATURE FOR THE INDIFFERENT MASSES

When I do
the self –published books, I usually order a test copy to make sure everything
looks good.Sometimes I have to order 2
or 3 copies to get to where I’m happy, changing layouts, fonts, cover art, etc
etc.I end up giving these extra copies
away to friends, oddball artsy types, angry loaners and the like, although
lately I’ve started leaving copies in some of those “free library” boxes around
town.These usually seem to be
affiliated with churches.I also like to
leave them on the “free book” shelf at the library or, if I’m feeling
especially cheeky, in the box of books that gets sold every Friday at their
fundraiser.

So far,
either the books have all been thrown away without being read or no one’s made
the connection that I’m a local weirdo.So, on the downside, no millionaires have called up to offer to
subsidize my work (which probably is a plus in terms of my soul and artistic
integrity) but, on the upside, no one’s thrown rocks through my windows or
called up with angry demands that i cease and desist distributing my literary
garbage immediately.